PM Narendra Modi launches BHIM, an e-wallet app for small traders

New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched an Aadhaar-based mobile payment app called BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money, at the Digi Dhan Mela event in Delhi's Talkatora stadium. The app has been dedicated to Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
"With BHIM, we are empowering the poor, small traders, tribes and others," said Modi.
Modi responded to his critics, "I have lot of schemes for those who are optimistic. But I cannot help pessimistic people. Earlier people use to talk about scams, how much money has been lost in coal, 2G, and other scams. Now people are talking about how much has been recovered."
The PM also felicitated the winners of Lucky Grahak Yojana.